Perhaps when you have enough to eat, hunger is a more of a psychological thing. I don't get twitchy about where people squeeze the toothpaste tube, but I do when I see oranges in the fruit bowl still in their net. I released five oranges from bondage this morning just after breakfast and suddenly felt 'hungry'. I wasn't hungry at all, I just wanted (want!) to eat some fruit!
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| Note the nibbled corner... I couldn't resist it last night! |
I was at Exmouth Pavilions all day today at the Salvation Army's Home and Family Rally. That usually means a couple of coffees from Posh Nosh and lunch with Louise and Helen at the cafe along the seafront. Not this year, BUT my chick pea pasty was lush and the lovely people at Posh Nosh gave me a cup of boiling water for mint tea.
Helen's living below the line this week too, she was waving a bread roll around at me over lunch - she bought six of them last night for a crazy knock down price. It's amazing how excited you can get about cheap food ;o)
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| Helen and Louise backstage. Helen budgeted for tea bags! |
Another thing about my friend Helen is that she's met the lovely woman in the photo below. In fact, she's been invited into her home. Her name is Margaret Banda and she lives in Malawi. Her life has been turned around by the same charity we're supporting in Live Below the Line. Good innit?!
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| Margaret Banda |
A Salvation Army Rally is hard to describe! It's a concert-prayerful-sing-along-thinky-bit-get-together kind of event. Today's was called 'Bargain Hunt' and the guest speaker spoke about real treasure, not the flashy kind that looks good but isn't really worth much, but genuine, lasting treasure. Some of the guests were invited to bring something of value with them and share its story with us.
One officer who worked for many years in India brought with her a tray cloth. She had been given it by a woman who had seen her first three children die within four months of their birth. Then the Salvation Army arrived in her village and brought the GOBI child health programme with them which encouraged and educated mothers in basic hygiene and nutrition for their families. The woman brought her toddler with her, dressed in the colours of the Salvation Army (red yellow and blue) to say thank you. She also brought the tray cloth as a gift which she had made from a piece of rice sack and embroidered with the 'Home League' logo - she had heard that English people like to serve their tea from a tray covered in a small cloth!
Me, I like my tea made with loose tea in a tea pot and served before it gets too strong and not too milky. Roll on Saturday - don't worry about the tray cloth!
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